i am a basic user of php. i have done some programming (about 3 internt coding,2 in pascal and 1 in c++) while php is trying to send the mail, it makes ie stop responding to any internt connection.

i did a basic install, i have not changed anything in the php.ini file except for the mail smpt. i am running php off of apache and i have installed mysql. (i have not gotten as far as configuring it)

i am working off an dial up.

the script is easy

//stat script
if (mail("anyone@yahoo.com","Just some text","losts of good stuff","From: anyone@yahoo.com")) echo "your mail has been sent!";
else echo "your mail has not been sent!";
//end script